HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-12-18 County Public Works Director resigns position -- press release
Wil Okabe
Managing Director
Harry Kim
Mayor
Barbara J. Kossow
Deputy Managing Director
County of Hawai‘i
Office of the Mayor
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December 18, 2018
NEWS RELEASE
County Department of Public Works Director Resigns
Department of Public Works Director Allan Simeon has submitted his resignation from
the director position, effective January 31, 2019. He will remain at Public Works as an
engineer.
Mayor Harry Kim thanked and praised Simeon for his hard work during the two years
that he has led the Department, especially during the extremely challenging four-month
eruption in the Lower East Rift Zone.
“We are very grateful for all that Allan has done for the community,” the Mayor said. “He
took on a very difficult task and did good work. I know this job was hard on him and his
family.”
Simeon tendered his resignation as Public Works Director in a letter to the Mayor dated
December 14, 2018. “I would like to thank the nearly 400 hard-working DPW staff and
the countless County employees for their continued help and support,” Simeon wrote.
“I am very blessed, proud and privileged to be a County of Hawai‘i employee,” Simeon
said in his letter.
County of Hawai‘i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.